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I am hoping to do some more research on this with the new tiers for the Selection Committee this year, but as we speak, here is what our "resume" would look like. I'll try to keep this post as current as possible. Edited to show games through January 22. Nebraska currently 67 in RPI.
Tier 1 (0-5): Michigan State (27), Creighton (35), Kansas (7), Purdue (10), Ohio State (15). REMAINING: at Minnesota (75).
Tier 2 (4-3): St. Johns (81), UCF (57), Boston College (66), Minnesota (75), Northwestern (123), Penn State (135), Michigan (38). REMAINING: at Wisconsin (133), vs. Maryland (52).
Tier 3 (2-0): Long Beach State (167), Wisconsin (133). REMAINING: at Rutgers (179), vs. Iowa (150), at Illinois (172), vs. Indiana (91), vs. Penn State (135).
Tier 4 (8-0): Eastern Illinois (277), North Texas (202), North Dakota (207), Marist (326), UTSA (276), Delaware State (351), Stetson (291), Illinois (172). REMAINING: vs. Rutgers (179)
Obviously, the tiers will fluctuate as the season continues to move on. Michigan getting in Tier 1 territory would be a nice bonus. And, of our 10 remaining games we only have four that are currently in Tier One or Tier Two. It will be interesting to see how the committee looks at your tier records this year. The good thing our team has now, is zero bad losses. It would be nice if we could keep it that way and win at Rutgers and at Illinois. I'm not overly concerned about losing to Ohio State (but, it sure would be a heck of a resume builder) because that's an easy one to overcome.

Would anyone care to see a "Selection Committee" Games of Interest thread that would be updated daily? I figure we just as well go "all-in" on the tournament talk and would be willing to put this together if others had interest.

If we win that game we trade West Virginia (29) for Marist (326) and then we trade Long Beach State (if we lose, West Virginia) for a second St. John's game. Anyone who plays with those RPI gizmos figure out how the would effect our non-conference SOS? I shutter to think about it.

No argument. But, the Big East won a whole bunch of non-conference games and they reward their schools by getting home-and-home for every team in the league. Nebraska, as it turned out, had one chance -- ONE -- at a home Tier One game this year. Right now, every Big East team has a chance at four. Pretty nuts.

Edited to show games through February 4. Nebraska currently 58 in RPI. The only good news here is Michigan. It would seem to me they have a chance to get in top-30 with a one-loss finish before the conference tournament. That said, Wisconsin (home) has dropped to a tier four win (quite amazing) and we need them to get back to tier 3 ASAP. Long Beach State has dropped to tier four as well, would need to get back in top-200 to move back to tier three.
Tier 1 (0-5): Michigan State (21), Creighton (23), Kansas (9), Purdue (7), Ohio State (20). REMAINING: none.
Tier 2 (3-3): St. Johns (94), UCF (73), Boston College (79), at Northwestern (99), Penn State (104), Michigan (31). REMAINING: vs. Maryland (55), at Minnesota (117).
Tier 3 (5-0): Minnesota (117), at Rutgers (197), Iowa (152), Illinois (154), at Wisconsin (163). REMAINING: at Illinois (154), vs. Indiana (121), vs. Penn State (104).
Tier 4 (9-0): Eastern Illinois (276), North Texas (209), North Dakota (218), (n) Marist (320), (n) Long Beach State (201), UTSA (202), Delaware State (351), Stetson (325), Wisconsin (163). REMAINING: vs. Rutgers (197)

I always have found that you could get a pretty accurate seed list by doing a formula that was RPI + AP Rank + USA Today Rank and then sorting lowest to highest for seeding. Purdue would certainly be on the top line.

These wins currently would all be the same to the committee and better than beating Michigan at home.
Beating Duke, Nevada, Rhode Island or Middle Tennessee at home. Beating New Mexico State, Western Kentucky, Temple or St. Bonaventure on a neutral court. Winning at East Tennessee, Wyoming, South Dakota State, Wright State or Utah Valley.

Games for tonight as I'll be out of the loop the rest of the day and tomorrow, so maybe no updates to this until Saturday.
Penn State (108) at Michigan State (24)
LSU (81) at Tennessee (14)
Pitt (183) at Miami (FL) (17)
Louisville (20) at Virginia (1) -- probably doesn't matter for us
Houston (49) at Cincinnati (16)
Providence (37) at Seton Hall (19)
West Virginia (29) at Iowa State (116) -- curious to see the end result of this one
Florida State (35) at Wake Forest (127) -- it'd be a nice night some lousy ACC teams to win.
Syracuse (34) at Georgia Tech (141)
Maryland (60) at Purdue (8)
Mississippi State (70) at South Carolina (53)
Virginia Tech (74) at Boston College (69)
Missouri (46) at Alabama (27)
UConn (82) at UCF (68)
Butler (32) at Marquette (47)
Texas (38) at Texas Tech (18)
Arizona (13) at Washington State (164) -- this one likely in the doesn't matter range as well

Last time I updated this was on page three, so... Tonight's game temporarily a Tier 2 game and Illinois has dropped to a Tier 4 home game (need them in top 160). Most other teams are decently in their tier at this point. The road Wisconsin game and the home Illinois game could flip back and forth. Would be nice is Iowa can keep their RPI at 160 or better. Losers.
Edited to show games through January 28. Nebraska currently 65 in RPI.
Tier 1 (0-5): Michigan State (22), Creighton (28), Kansas (7), Purdue (8), Ohio State (24). REMAINING: none.
Tier 2 (3-3): St. Johns (103), UCF (71), Boston College (73), Northwestern (100), Penn State (112), Michigan (38). REMAINING: vs. Maryland (59), at Minnesota (98), at Wisconsin (135).
Tier 3 (5-0): Minnesota (98), Long Beach State (168), Wisconsin (133), Rutgers (194), Iowa (152). REMAINING: at Illinois (164), vs. Indiana (114), vs. Penn State (112).
Tier 4 (8-0): Eastern Illinois (278), North Texas (204), North Dakota (209), Marist (326), UTSA (268), Delaware State (351), Stetson (300), Illinois (164). REMAINING: vs. Rutgers (194)

Sometimes you schedule based on previous teams being decent and then it backfires. What'd you like to avoid is those 250+ games. I don't think this is an overall conference thing to be honest. Only Rutgers was really bad and that's bringing us down a little, but most of what's brining us down conference-wise is we didn't beat anybody.

238 according to the RPI. Rutgers played 11 non-conference games, one against Seton Hall (19, RPI), the next best Stony Brook (228, loss). Best non-conference win was Central Connecticut State (245). Four wins are sub-300. Just awful.